If I recall correctly that was in relation to bringing back the xeno "specimen" and they were deemed an acceptable price to be paid.

A computer is just an enforcer of rules which were written by humans. The algorithm which demotes content on youtube is just a systematization of choices made by humans. A company is just an institutionalization of decisions made by humans. The point made by FEE is that the harm comes most often from distant top-down rules/decisions which are disconnected from your local reality. In these cases, the business, the computer, the algorithm, are all just enforcement mechanisms.

Well gee, doesn't that sound familiar.

Eighty feet tall? Sounds reasonable.

Nuh uh

That's 24 Meters for all of us in the rest of the world.

Eighty feet, or eighty inches? If there is one thing the documentary "This is Spinal Tap" taught me, it's that the difference is important.

@@kirk2767 70'; I looked it up. The tower had to be that big to make the fire look right. Even then, it took special care to keep the flames in scale.

That '30s Show and That '40s Show are going to be super fun.

In my town, parents didn't let their kids lounge around getting high in the basement or garage. You had to sneak around outdoors to smoke weed. The seventies sucked. People ate a lot of canned food. The food was awful in general.

@@carlos_takeshi Ah yes, the story of fxrphd and erbaweyh sitting on a couch in the post nuclear earth talking about philosophy and kicking around the plastic junk humanity left behind, will be remembered for generations of silpha kind.

Well, the 1970s gave us some classic movies and music. Maybe, just maybe, we'll start getting some of that now. I was born in 1975 so I experienced really cool 1970s stuff from recorded music and old VHS tapes in the 1980s and 1990s.

@NateJennings NOPE we won't get that today because creativity is stiffled by companies trying to appeal to EVERYONE. A unique or original film has to be unique or original, and sadly, no major studio will bankroll that, unless it's dumbed down for the masses.

I have a feeling in a few years we will all commit atrocities to feed our hungry children

@@zoanth4 I've been pretty proactive about that and we have a decent storage. Hopefully we'll hold out long enough for things to turn for the better.

stock up on can goods.

@@JackFalltrades yes. AND 2001 and 2020-2021 but there has been several food processing plants that have accidentally been burnt down and there is also baby formula shortage.

@@JackFalltrades "prepping" doesn't hurt. anything..

So have I

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Well I’m not sure it’s great… I would’ve preferred you be wrong lol. But here we are. 🙄

Yeah it's not great. I get what you mean, you don't feel alone any more...but it's awful that we live in a serpico and chinatown-esque world. Corruption and greed and evil win and we the people lose. I mean...look at the president and his son....awfully strange that not so long ago hinter was making millions off a Ukrainian oil company and no one questioned anything. Everything is so obviously blackened with corruption and nothing is done. A show trial about a woman celeb slandering a male celeb gets constant coverage and fools wait outside just to yell...meanwhile a trial that couldve implicated the people around and or INVOLVED in said show trial is silenced and memory holed.

Only worse, in this version of the 70s, Star Wars sucks and the music is mostly trash.

I'd MUCH rather get disco back over the shit hip hop I hear everywhere I go.

@@bizariet True. But, “Better Dead Than Disco” sounds better than “Better R…. Than Rap”.

Dude Disco easily beats modern rap wich is terrible!

Don't forget... rap existed back then as well. Perhaps part of the trouble is that time has a way of rotting away the trash to let the gold shine through. I'm certain there was garbage music back then also, but since it was garbage, it was tossed aside for the good things. These days, there's such a glut of content that it's hard to find the nuggets of gold in the sea of mediocre trash that hasn't rotted away yet.

@@latemanparodius5133 You are correct. Movies like Forrest Gump only used the hits of the era, not the average songs that nobody remembers.

Lol I listen to boomers tell me how the best to time to be alive was in 1972. Can't wait to tell future generations that the best time to live was 2022.

@@evanc6110 they were born in 72, so the best time for them would've been the late 70s and 80s.

@@krunkle5136 gen x is 72

@@evanc6110 Evan, please get off the internet. You missed every single point and it's just cringe. Go.

Or rather, remove the activists and put real writers, producers, and directors back in charge.

@Jun3 Shiroyuki when they get short in money, that's exactly what they'll do

@@MrNoot39449 Kinda like what happened to Netflix recently

Nope, things get worse.

Ma boy, they always did. The problem is that wheb you don't agree with them

@@valcaron its more eyecatching tbh

@@valcaron Yes yes it is necessary. Because it’s fun 😁 ⛽️ ⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️

@@Steel-101 it's cringe

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Jaws and Rocky too.

As Empire of Dreams pointed out, Star Wars broke the mold of so many 70s movies which helped make it successful.

Or is that part of the problem? The best things you can name from the 70s are fucking movies. What a god awful decade.

@@xenn4985 - Kawasaki Jet Ski 1972, Makita cordless drill 1978, Sony Walkman 1979, were all good things from the ‘70s

@@xenn4985 also, the Apple II and Radio Shack TRS-80 computers were introduced in 1977

Heinlein, Asimov, Arhtur C. Clarke, and Carl Sagan were all an inspiration for "classic Star Trek". And during the 1970s and 1980s, embraced their mantra. Sadly, Alex Kurtzman understands nothing from those great futurists in his nihilistic version of Trek.

How isn't being a pessimistic smart ass not fun also?

That means we're going to get Videogames 2 electric boogaloo out of it too

@@MrNoot39449 a new videogame revolution? Almost worth it

And alot of the same people in office then are still there now.

@@grinningtiki220 So true. They are proof positive why high turnover in positions of power is a good thing. "Politicians and diapers need to be changed often, and for the same reasons," -Mark Twain, aka Samuel Clemens.

Well, and the 80s were a period of hope and optimism in the wake of the 1970s. Keep in mind that part of that was due to the few positive media productions like TOS and TNG Star Trek.

Sadly we'll have to live through it too now, without any indication that we'll be getting any 80's era at all

@@MrNoot39449 Whoa, that sounds scary.

@@davidford3115 haha I love that star trek is getting cred for giving us hope in the 80s

@@davidford3115 it's cause Reagan brought back our optimism

Yet they never gave up on their claims. Indeed, Barak Obama was the Keynesian President doing exactly what Maynard wanted the Federal government to do. And Biden is just Obama's third term, with the harm having metalized behind the bright period of Trump's 4 years (think walking ghost period of radiation poisoning).

@@davidford3115 The Economists went out and created variants like "Neo-keynesianism." Very few, outside of Paul Krugman, still consider themselves a "classical Keynesian," and they acknowledge the problems in The General Theory, and have pretty much abandoned it in favor of new "sects". You are making the case that the politicians did not change, and are still Keynesians. Of course they didn't, because John Maynard Keynes told the politicians and bureaucrats that it was easy and necessary for political intervention in the economy to ensure maximum efficiency. Of course the politicians won't abandon him. Keynes himself summed up the problem quite pithily: “The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed, the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually slaves of some defunct economist.” -- John Maynard Keynes Indeed, the Keynesian Plantation is full of eager politician slaves because the slaves find the defunct "Massa Keynes" so empowering and validating of his chattel, and indulgently endorsing of the activities they are already predisposed to do.

They're still claiming it can't happen. It seems that economic lessons must be retaught through object lesson once a generation.

@@garyblack8717 Sadly true, yet those of us who learned the lessons from example have to pay the price for the fools who need to learn by personal experience.

Yes, then came neoliberalism and Regeanomics.

But chaosgyro, you know what they say? Some things in life are bad They can really make you mad Other things just make you swear and curse When you're chewing on life's gristle Don't grumble, give a whistle And this'll help things turn out for the best And Always look on the bright side of life Always look on the light side of life If life seems jolly rotten (hoo-hoo) There's something you've forgotten (hoo-hoo) And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing (hoo-hoo-hoo) When you're feeling in the dumps (hoo-hoo) Don't be silly, chumps (hoo-hoo) Just purse your lips and whistle, that's the thing (hoo-hoo) And Always look on the bright side of life (Come on) Always look on the right side of life For life is quite absurd (hoo-hoo) And death's the final word (hoo-hoo) You must always face the curtain with a bow (hoo-hoo-hoo) Forget about your sin (hoo-hoo) Give the audience a grin (hoo-hoo) Enjoy it, it's your last chance anyhow So always look on the bright side of death A-just before you draw your terminal breath Life's a piece of shit (hoo-hoo) When you look at it (hoo-hoo) Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true (hoo-hoo-hoo) You'll see it's all a show (hoo-hoo) Keep 'em laughin' as you go (hoo-hoo) Just remember that the last laugh is on you (hoo-hoo-hoo) And Always look on the bright side of life Always look on the right side of life (C'mon chaosgyro, cheer up) Always look on the bright side of life Always look on the bright side of life (Worse things happen at sea, you know?) Always look on the bright side of life (what have you got to lose?) (You know, you come from nothing, you're going back to nothing) (What have you lost? Nothing) always look on the bright side of life (Nothing will come from nothing you know what they say?) Always look on the bright side of life (cheer up, ya old bugger, c'mon, give us a grin) (There y'are, see? It's the end of the film) (Incidentally, this record is available in the foyer) Always look on the bright side of life (some of us got to live as well, you know?) (All right, that's the lot, let's get this place knocked down) Always look on the bright side of life (the whole show's dismantled in three weeks) Who do you think pays for all this rubbish?) Always look on the bright side of life (they'll never make their money back, you know) (I told him, I said to him, "Bernie" I said, "they'll never make their money back") Always look on the bright side of life

I've trained my algorithm to be biased towards wholesome. Doesn't completely fix the problem, but it takes off so much edge and anger away

>The 70s also had a bloody and unpopular war in Vietnam which ended just like in Afghanistan. For contrast, the world saw the a unpopular "war" in Ukraine, whose soldiers were just dipstick Redditors flying there for klout.

The sad part is, it was popular in the beginning.

Cue China invading Vietnam in 2029.

I would say worse that Afghanistan. At least Vietnam had evacuations like Operation Babylift. Contrast that to General Donahu leaving behind civilians so he could have room for this captured war trophy. I distinctly remember seeing videos of helicopters being pushed off carrier decks to make room for Saigon evacuees.

Don't ask questions. Just take blind optimism

The answer was that Trump is a business man and Biden is a crook of a Politician you'll guess which one I voted for? (Hint:Its the Business man)

You're giving the president way too much credit for the economy.

@@FTChomp9980 Trump was a legendary president and yet people STILL are talking shit about him lmao. They still call anyone they disagree with trumpers and call anyone who isnt a dumbass communist a "bible clutching conservative" and they also call ya racist too lmfao

Why don't you ask your tax cut companies why despite the tax cut you get all this inflation. Perhaps the difference between Obama and Biden is that there was. Trump between, it makes no sense to blame Biden when with Obama there was no such kind of a problem, and you got two terms of it, wanna blame a president perhaps blame Trump since he could handle the pandemic, for him it will all would disappear like for magic, like many of his supporters believe, things happens for magic

@@FTChomp9980 who has tons of bankruptcy on his hands, and scams... You really should look for whom your idols are

Same here. I still feel like it is 1998 at times. Things were so much simpler then.

Don't forget Star Trek which was in production during the early 1970s and in syndication during the late 70s. And the popularity of Trek made it possible for Star Wars to be so successful. And today it seems that the two franchises are still in symbiosis as both fandoms are livid over the vandalization by Alex Kurtzman and Kathleen Kennedy.

It was "A New Hope" amidst the depressing societal attitude of the time, wouldn't you say?

The future always will, but only if we make it so.

This is the truth realize you live in an endless cycle. Generations have said the same thing ever since writing.

Nah. It's about to get Hot

@@brainderp808 He means civil war in the US.

@@brainderp808 I didn't say it would, I was clearing up what he was talking about

@@brainderp808 Nobody thought the US would have a Civil War in 1860 until PTG Beauregard fired on Fort Sumpter. Don't succumb to positivity bias. Don't think that it will never happen because very few thought that Russia would invade Ukraine until they did.

@@brainderp808 Considering the people claiming that Russia was going to invade are the same people who claimed Trump was a Putin Puppet, you can easily forgive me for making that assumption. America's "intelligence agencies" have no intelligence. For 4 years Putin left Ukraine alone under Trump. Hell, he didn't invade in the months after Joe Bite-Me took office. It was not until AFTER the fall of Kabul and the Taliban taking control of Afghanistan that Putin acted. So, again, you are falling for the 2020 hindsight fallacy.

Oh, don't forget 'Soylent Green'. Relevance: the food prices 😂

@@ramoth777 hopefully the notorious aspect of the titular food never applies😐

If you don't know history, you're doomed to repeat it. However, if you understand history, you're damned to witness it's repetition.

@@Code7Unltd that’s it, I’m starting the rumbling.

Grunge was pretty moody but whatever

I rewatched the movie because of this video and came back to see if anyone commented this :) Edit: though perhaps he was referring to the science division's protocols (retrieve the alien specimen; crew is expendable) - the crew didn't know about that though; and the last few weren't pleased to discover it from the company-robot-scientist-dude, Ash.

The Chinese have a word that translates as "gold and lacquer on the outside, rot and corruption on the inside". Often used to describe the decadence and corruption of Song Dynasty. I think it also applies to the tower in that movie as well as the US today.

Did you not watch the video at ALL? NO YOU DUCKING DON'T! LMFAO.

@@Darth_Bateman yes. And it is Completely ignorant of How bad things are Right now. The Feelings of despair may be similar, but the Actual situation is MUCH worse. Saying "Things are Bad now, but we Turned it around!" when what "turned it around" led Exactly to the terrible situation we're in today. There is no way currently available to do so.

@@Rensune Got news for you : That's fucking life. We hit a turning point into bad times, now we have to find another turning point into good times. There are plenty of available ways, not ways that will solve the problems over night, but there are ways. . .

If I could step in a time capsule I'd choose to be born in 1958 and ride the wave of the 70s into the prosperous 80s, no questions asked

@@Darth_Bateman Yes, there are turning points into good times. But they will not come with the current people in power, both in the political arena and the "entertainment "and media "industry". It will come not from the people holding the power but from us, the grass roots. We need more Gene Rodenberrys/George Lucas/JRR Tolkiens and fewer Alex Kurtzmans/Kathleen Kennedys/Chris Chibnalls.

Nice Owl City quote.

Talk about BDE.

Yeah, Original series Star Trek came out in the 1970s. Which is ironic because that bright spot of hope for a better future has been smothered under Alex Kurtzman. The best analogy to classic Trek's idealism today would be Japanese anime and Korean Dramas. Ironic as anime studios like Tohe cut their teeth in animation during the 1970s and 80s by being the subcontractors for American productions like Dungeons and Dragons the cartoon series.

Mindblown

Boom and bust cycles.

It more realistically, the world end, and then anything else but it was a good run time to watch the fireworks now

Dude, Reagan raised taxes. Look it up, he did it later in his presidency, but he did. He also decided to close mental hospitals instead of overhauling the system, increasing the homeless population and denying those who needed it, the help they deserved. It's also been said he might already started suffering from dementia then too.

Obama was closer to Carter

@@theimmortal4718 I mean that wouldn't surprise but I sadly do not know all of the policies that were legislated and passed under the Obama administration other than Obama Care.

@@theimmortal4718 Agreed. And Joe Bite-Me is Obama's third term taken to its logical conclusion. Seriously, almost all of the white house staff are almost exactly the same people.

@@davidford3115 He's the stand in. His cabinet is all Clinton and Obama recycles. Psaki was HRCs press secretary at state.

Don't forget that you have idealists like Gene Rodenberry and Carl Sagan to light the way. Sadly, the people holding the keys to those great works they put out are not interested in the dream nor the legacy but to pervert them for the own nihilistic self-aggrandizement. The best modern-day analogy I can think of to classic Star Trek is Japanese Anime and Korean Dramas. Ironic that the East Asians who have historically be considered dour and apathetic with regards to their stories are the ones who have figured out how to appeal to the yearning American audiences who want to return to the dreams of idealists like Rodenberry and Sagan.

Original Star Trek also came out in the 1970s. One of the few bright spots in the cynicism of the period. Sadly, the franchise has been infected with jaded nihilism and glorification of suffering under Alex Krutzman.

There were many, but the wokescolds in Hollyweird don't want to acknowledge them because it would mean they are talentless two-bit hacks who can't hold a candle to real female talent.

I don’t think Cobain was very pleased with the state of the world at that time

@@callmeej8399 He never liked anything.

The 90's have actually made us forget that happy endings have their place too.

You are correct. the movies today follow the same "logic" that media and movies in the Soviet Union under Stalin followed.

Fourth Turning of the Strauss-Howe generational theory. Good times make weak men, weak men create hard times. Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times.

but this time we are going to mix the 50s with the optimism of the 80s roe v wade overturned, the dream of family life from the 50s, and more being realized and nostalgia from that time periods being popular

I’m actually quite a pessimist I believe we’re heading to a technological nihilist nightmare

Nfts, abortions are banned, scamming, don't say gay bill. We are quite literally growing old toxic ideas

You turn a negative into a positive. If only more people were as creative as you are in channeling that energy effectively.